OT - Saint Helena to get Airport
Nov 4, 2011, 7:38 am
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Nov 4, 2011, 8:20 am
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She used to run from the UK to St. Helena to S. Africa but as of last month the UK leg has been dropped and will only sail between St. Helena, Ascension and S. Africa. The RMS St. Helena also carries passengers in a very comfortable style, or so I'm told.
Nov 5, 2011, 7:47 am
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I may be going next summer
Well well. I may be off to St Helena next summer for a work trip. The change in the sailing timetable now means that Cape Town rather than the Ascencion Islands is a better bet for me.
Rather naively, I had wondered if I would be the first on the BA board to visit one of the most isolated parts of the world but clearly not!
If I get to go, there will be a very comprehensive trip report. After all, I'll have around 10 days at sea.
Rather naively, I had wondered if I would be the first on the BA board to visit one of the most isolated parts of the world but clearly not!
If I get to go, there will be a very comprehensive trip report. After all, I'll have around 10 days at sea.
Nov 5, 2011, 7:55 am
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Having had a browse on Google Earth, I'm wondering where this runway will be built ... there appears to be some flattish land north of Longwood, south-east of Jamstown. Does anyone have a clue?
Nov 5, 2011, 8:44 am
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Nov 5, 2011, 8:50 am
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Nov 5, 2011, 9:03 am
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Nov 5, 2011, 9:19 am
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That will be quite some logical challenge. No safe harbor, little infrastructure, 208 inhabitants, 2800 km from South Africa and 3200 km from Brazil.
Nov 5, 2011, 9:52 am
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Nov 5, 2011, 10:39 am
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The best thing about islands like those is that they don't have an airport. Fortunately, Pitcairn is just too small.
Would love to visit Saint Helena someday!
Nov 5, 2011, 11:30 am
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I'll make a firm bid now ... if anyone's going there, would you take a Bear for a photo-opportunity? I'm not fund-raising, just trying to get Bears into interesting places.
I'm waiting for a trip report from Mt Everest Base Camp, but Jaco van Gass is doing the NY Marathon just now, and he has the photos.
I'm waiting for a trip report from Mt Everest Base Camp, but Jaco van Gass is doing the NY Marathon just now, and he has the photos.
Nov 5, 2011, 12:13 pm
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One or two of the smaller Antarctica expedition trips used to pass by Tristan de Cunha (and I think stop at St Helena), on their annual re-positioning voyages North.
Have a feeling I have literally missed the boat on that opportunity and will regret not having done it. The RMS StHelena trip from Walvis Bay just felt so uninspiring when I looked at that (relatively short) routing.
Falklands is also accessible by tourist ship out of ushuaia.
Have a feeling I have literally missed the boat on that opportunity and will regret not having done it. The RMS StHelena trip from Walvis Bay just felt so uninspiring when I looked at that (relatively short) routing.
Falklands is also accessible by tourist ship out of ushuaia.
Nov 5, 2011, 12:41 pm
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Nov 5, 2011, 12:50 pm
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I can promise an ridiculously detailed report, if I go.
I could go a little earlier in the summer, but there's the small matter of the tickets I have to the Mens Olympic 100m final...